Nation Dec 18 WATCH: Suspect in Brown University shooting, MIT professor's killing found dead, officials say Authorities said Thursday that they're looking into a connection between last weekend's mass shooting at Brown University and an attack two days later near Boston that killed a professor at another elite school, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Politics Dec 17 Dan Bongino says he plans to resign as FBI deputy director in January, ending brief tenure FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino said Wednesday that he will resign from the bureau next month, ending a brief and tumultuous tenure in which he clashed with the Justice Department over the handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files.
Politics Dec 17 Jack Smith tells lawmakers his team developed 'proof beyond a reasonable doubt' against Trump The private deposition before the House Judiciary Committee gives the former special counsel his first chance to face questions, albeit behind closed doors, about a pair of investigations into Trump that resulted in since-abandoned criminal charges.
Politics Dec 07 Federal judge sets back Justice Department's effort to seek new indictment against Comey A federal judge has dealt a setback to Justice Department efforts to seek a new indictment against former FBI Director James Comey, temporarily barring prosecutors from using evidence they had relied on when they initially secured criminal charges.
Politics Dec 04 WATCH: FBI arrests man accused of placing pipe bombs in D.C. on eve of Jan. 6 attack The arrest marks the first time investigators have publicly identified a suspect in an act that has been an enduring mystery for nearly five years in the shadow of the violent Capitol insurrection.
Politics Dec 03 House Republicans subpoena Jack Smith for closed-door interview about Trump prosecutions A lawyer for Smith says the prosecutor offered nearly six weeks ago to appear before the committee in an open hearing but would nonetheless appear as scheduled for the deposition.
Politics Nov 24 Judge dismisses cases against James Comey, Letitia James after finding the prosecutor was illegally appointed The rulings amount to a stunning rebuke of the administration’s efforts to target Trump’s political opponents as well as its legal maneuvering to hastily install a loyalist prosecutor willing to file the cases.
Politics Nov 20 Document shows DOJ examining the handling of mortgage fraud investigation into Sen. Schiff The Justice Department is examining the handling of the mortgage fraud investigation into Sen. Adam Schiff, including the potential involvement of people who claimed to be acting at the behest or direction of two Trump administration officials who have been…
Politics Nov 19 DOJ says full grand jury in Comey case was not presented copy of final indictment The prosecution of former FBI Director James Comey has hit another hurdle. The Justice Department acknowledged in court Wednesday a possible lapse in how the case was presented to a grand jury.
Politics Nov 17 Judge scolds Justice Department for 'disturbing pattern of profound investigative missteps' in Comey case The judge wrote that prosecutor's "fundamental misstatements of the law" include unexplained irregularities in the transcript of the grand jury proceedings.